Engineer Quits Job to Become a Cabinet Maker
Isabel Obreo was an engineer. She had a good job. But she left it.
She wanted to be a cabinet maker instead. A cabinet maker makes furniture from wood.
Isabel now makes furniture with her hands. She uses wood to build tables and cupboards.
She says the change was not easy. She had to learn how to make a budget for her work.
A budget is a plan for money. Isabel had to say how much her work costs.
She said it took her a lot of time. She had to learn to value her own work.
To value your work means to know it is good and to ask the right price.
Many people change jobs today. Some people leave good jobs to do work they love.
Isabel's story shows a new kind of career change. This means changing your job or type of work.
Her story can help other people who want to change their job too.
Vocabulary15 words
- engineer
- a person who designs or builds things, like machines or buildings
- cabinet maker
- a person who makes furniture from wood
- budget
- a plan that shows how much money something will cost
- value
- to know something is good and give it the right price
- career change
- when a person changes their job or type of work
- furniture
- things like tables and chairs, used in a home
- wood
- material from trees, used to make things
- job
- the work a person does to earn money
- hands
- the parts of your body used to make or hold things
- price
- the amount of money something costs
- plan
- an idea about what to do
- money
- what people use to buy things
- change
- to make something different
- work
- activity done to make or do something, often for money
- story
- a report about real events or people
Quiz
Answer key
1. Engineer 2. Furniture from wood 3. Making a budget and valuing her work
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Isabel Obreo was an _____. She had a good job.
She wanted to be a _____ instead.
Isabel now makes _____ with her hands.
She had to learn how to make a _____ for her work.
A budget is a plan for _____.
She said it took her a lot of _____.
She had to learn to _____ her own work.
To value your work means to know it is good and ask the right _____.
Isabel's story shows a new kind of career _____.
Her story can help other people who want to _____ their job too.